December 31, 20210CommentsAfrican tech startups raised a record $4B+ in 2021, more than 2019 and 2020 combined, with more $100M+ rounds than ever before (Tage Kene-Okafor/TechCrunch)
December 30, 20210CommentsUmee, which is building a “cross chain DeFi hub” with interoperable tools that work across blockchains, raises $32M by selling its UMEE tokens (Aislinn Keely/The Block)
December 30, 20210CommentsMetaverse products from Meta, Microsoft, and others are just 3D virtual social spaces, and lack key features of the metaverse concept, chiefly interoperability (Will Oremus/Washington Post)
December 30, 20210CommentsGoogle pauses the rollout of its December update for the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro until late January after reports of calls dropping and disconnecting (Tim/Droid Life)
December 30, 20210CommentsOpenSea bans PHAYC and Phunky Ape Yacht Club, two NFT projects that are dueling over which is the authentic Bored Ape Yacht Club ripoff (Adi Robertson/The Verge)
December 30, 20210CommentsJustin Kan launches gaming-focused NFT marketplace Fractal, after someone hacked its Discord announcement bot and made off with about $150K last week (Eli Tan/CoinDesk)
